diff --git a/frontend/index.html b/frontend/index.html
index 29b1938..9bffa11 100644
--- a/frontend/index.html
+++ b/frontend/index.html
@@ -30,6 +30,27 @@
       content="Ambient AI teammate that catches merge collisions before anyone pushes."
     />
     <meta name="twitter:image" content="https://www.podman.live/og.png" />
+
+    <script>
+      // Tear down any service worker we shipped earlier (vite-plugin-pwa).
+      // PodMan runs no PWA in production: we deploy continuously and SW-driven
+      // reloads break the live demo. This unregisters leftover workers and
+      // clears their caches on every load so previously-affected browsers
+      // self-heal — no manual DevTools needed. It does NOT reload the page and
+      // is a no-op once nothing is registered.
+      if ('serviceWorker' in navigator) {
+        navigator.serviceWorker
+          .getRegistrations()
+          .then((regs) => regs.forEach((r) => r.unregister()))
+          .catch(() => {});
+        if (window.caches && caches.keys) {
+          caches
+            .keys()
+            .then((keys) => keys.forEach((k) => caches.delete(k)))
+            .catch(() => {});
+        }
+      }
+    </script>
   </head>
   <body>
     <div id="root"></div>
diff --git a/frontend/vite.config.ts b/frontend/vite.config.ts
index 7238726..64dc5ac 100644
--- a/frontend/vite.config.ts
+++ b/frontend/vite.config.ts
@@ -1,18 +1,14 @@
 import { defineConfig } from 'vite';
 import react from '@vitejs/plugin-react';
 import tailwindcss from '@tailwindcss/vite';
-import { VitePWA } from 'vite-plugin-pwa';
 import { fileURLToPath, URL } from 'node:url';
 
 export default defineConfig({
-  plugins: [
-    react(),
-    tailwindcss(),
-    // Self-destroying during active development: unregisters any previously
-    // installed service worker and clears its caches so deploys are always
-    // fresh (no stale UI). Re-enable a precaching PWA before the demo.
-    VitePWA({ selfDestroying: true }),
-  ],
+  // No service worker in production. We deploy continuously during the event and
+  // any SW (even vite-plugin-pwa's self-destroying one) forces open tabs to
+  // reload, which breaks the live demo. Existing SWs are torn down by the
+  // cleanup snippet in index.html. Re-add a precaching PWA only post-event.
+  plugins: [react(), tailwindcss()],
   server: {
     port: 5173,
   },
